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Jon Ossoff: “Here's what's happening is that they expected that the apparatus of voter suppression that they have constructed in…”

On the recordDecember 6, 2020
Here's what's happening is that they expected that the apparatus of voter suppression that they have constructed in Georgia since the 2013 Shelby County v. Holder decision which eviscerated the Voting Rights Act, they've expected that this architecture of voter suppression would allow them to keep the lid on the pot and suppress black voters enough that they could hold on here.
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Jon Ossoff
Democratic · Georgia

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Ossoff discusses voter suppression tactics in Georgia and their impact on the election.

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